Datang: Destroy Tang Taizong Li Xiao at the beginning

"Then... the only thing left is defection."

"Damn!"

Ning Yuanpei slapped the table, furious.

suddenly--

"Report!"

Soldiers rushed in.

"My lord! Our scouts are back!"

"what?!"

Hearing this news, everyone in the camp was immediately refreshed.

Before today, the scouts had been sent out batch after batch, but no one had ever come back alive.

"How many people came back?" Ning Yuanpei asked quickly.

"My lord, all the scouts sent out in the past three days have returned!"

"Quick! Tell me! Where is General Ning?"

"How many cities and counties did he capture?"

Ning Yuanpei is most concerned about where Ning Qianjun fought in Leizhou.

"Returning to my lord, the scouts have not found any traces of General Ning and the eight thousand cavalry. All the surrounding cities and counties are still under the control of Leizhou."

"What did you say?!"

Hearing this news, Ning Yuanpei and all the counselors and generals were extremely surprised.

Chapter 366: Fire in the city, God-given opportunity

Leizhou is such a big place, and Ning Qianjun brought a full eight thousand cavalry.

How could there be no trace of such a huge team?

This is complete nonsense!

"Returning to the adults, what the little one said is absolutely true, and there is absolutely no deception!"

Sweat dripped from the forehead of the messenger soldier.

Of course he knew what this news meant.

"Could it be that General Ning..."

"shut up!"

Ning Yuanpei yelled angrily, and said in a deep voice: "Anyone who dares to talk nonsense and disturb the morale of our army will not be spared!"

After pondering for a moment, he continued, "How many days have passed?"

"Even if my second brother's soldiers and horses confront the enemy, fall into a trap or fall into an ambush, even if they lose, they won't be wiped out in just a few days."

"You all know the flexibility of the cavalry. They can run away at any time if they cannot be beaten."

"From this point of view, there is only one possibility, and that is that he voluntarily hid his tracks, perhaps because of some unexpected situation, he did so as a last resort."

After analyzing Ning Yuanpei's words, all the counselors nodded in agreement.

"Your Excellency is right. General Ning must be hiding somewhere in Leizhou, and wait and see what happens."

"At present, our most urgent thing is to contact General Ning."

"Only in this way can we decide what to do next."

However, just as everyone was discussing important matters, another messenger soldier rushed in.

"My lord, the spies have come to report that there is a raging fire in Leizhou City, and the smoke is soaring into the sky that it can be seen hundreds of miles away."

"what?!"

Everyone was startled, and hurried out of the camp, looking to the east.

To the east is the direction where Leizhou City is located.

But at this time, in the distant horizon, there was indeed a wisp of smoke that shot straight into the sky.

"Are you sure it was the fire in Leizhou City?" Ning Yuanpei asked suspiciously.

"My lord, it's true, our people approached and were almost discovered." The messenger soldier replied.

"grown ups!"

A gleam appeared in the eyes of one of the counselors: "God-sent opportunity!"

"There is a big fire in the city. If the fire is large enough, it will inevitably cause riots in the city."

"To deal with the fire, his Leizhou soldiers must be distracted. If we attack by force at this time, they must be exhausted. The chance of winning is at least [-]% or more."

"But have you ever thought that this might be Li Yuanze's trick? He just wanted to lure us over on purpose and set up an ambush in advance, so aren't we throwing ourselves into a trap?"

"How can there be such an approach? Burning one's own city just to lure the enemy to attack, the gain outweighs the loss!"

"Yeah, look at the gunpowder smoke, straight into the sky, it can be seen that the fire is so big, it is definitely not intentional."

"My lord, there is no need to hesitate any longer. Now that the warship is missing for no reason, and there is no news from General Ning, we can't sit idly by, we must take the initiative to attack!"

A group of military generals and counselors in Qinzhou began to discuss.

Ning Yuanpei frowned, his heart wavering.

After thinking for a long time, he took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Get out of the camp! Prepare to attack the city!"

"As ordered!"

……

Leizhou City.

Above the lobby, Li Yuan was lying comfortably on the seat.

In three days, all the troops around had been mobilized and concentrated in Leizhou City.

Now Leizhou City has nearly [-] troops.

Such defensive strength made him finally feel at ease.

Even if Ning Yuanpei came to attack, he was not afraid.

"It's been a few days, and this Ning Yuanpei is still standing still. He just let me dispatch troops and generals. It seems that he doesn't plan to come."

After finishing speaking, Li Yuan looked at Xu Zian and said with a smile, "What do you think they will do next?"

"Three days ago, it was the best time for them to attack, but they didn't grasp it, presumably they had other plans." Xu Zian stroked his beard and said thoughtfully.

"Ugh……"

Li Yuan sighed, and said with some annoyance: "If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't need to ask Li Xiao for help. Now the things have been delivered, but no help has been seen for a long time. It's a waste of work."

After finishing speaking, Li Yuanze suddenly showed a puzzled expression, sniffed the probe, and said, "Sir, do you smell any burning smell?"

Suddenly, a guard came in and knelt down, cupped his fists and said, "My lord, something is wrong!"

"Anhua Street, Heshifang, Laiwufang and many other places in the south of the city have ignited a fire, and the fire is so fierce that it is difficult to stop!"

"It is necessary to mobilize more troops to carry out suppression!"

"what?!"

Li Yuan turned pale with shock, and hurried out of the lobby to the outside.

He raised his eyes and looked into the distance, only to see that the direction south of Leizhou City was filled with smoke, covering less than half of Leizhou City.

Xu Zian frowned: "Look at this, the fire is not small!"

"How could this be?"

"It can be said that a fire in one place is a coincidence, but fires in multiple places one after another are clearly intentional!"

Li Yuan was furious: "Quick, let me investigate! The person who set the fire must be arrested and brought to justice!"

"My lord!"

Xu Zian said with a serious face: "The situation is probably worse!"

"what?"

Li Yuanze didn't react at first, but it was only for a moment, his pupils shrank as if he thought of something.

"Ning Yuanpei!"

"not good!"

Li Yuan was suddenly anxious, pacing back and forth: "Damn it! Ning Yuanpei must have sent someone to do it!"

"I just said why he didn't move. He was waiting for this!"

But immediately, he showed a puzzled expression: "But my Leizhou City has long been under martial law, how did his people get in?"

"What to do? What to do? He will definitely take this opportunity to attack the city!"

"gentlemen!"

As if he had grasped a life-saving straw, he quickly came to Xu Zian and asked urgently, "Please teach me, what should I do now?"

"My lord, don't worry, what Ning Yuanpei wants to see the most is that we mess ourselves up."

Xu Zian looked serious, and said slowly: "First of all, deal with the arson matter as soon as possible to prevent the fire from spreading."

"At the same time, pay close attention to the movements of the Qinzhou army."

"Then... just wait!"

"Wait? What are you waiting for?" Li Yuanze looked puzzled, "Please tell me clearly, sir."

"Wait and see what happens, wait for the Qinzhou army to attack the city, and then we will know their reality; secondly, wait for Qiongzhou to come to help."

Xu Zian's eyes were deep, and he said thoughtfully: "I think Li Xiao doesn't want to see our Leizhou City fall. What he wants is for Leizhou and Qinzhou to check and balance each other, so that he can control everything."

"So, Li Xiao won't leave him alone?"

Li Yuan suddenly realized: "Does he want us to fight each other and weaken each other's strength?"

Speaking of this, Li Yuanze suddenly thought of something, and his face was shocked: "Could it be, this arson case..."

"It shouldn't be wrong."

Xu Zian nodded and continued, "Except for Li Xiao's people, who else has such strength?"

"Perhaps, he still has some magical treasure that can allow people to sneak into my Leizhou City silently without being discovered."

"A magical treasure?" Li Yuan asked doubtfully, "What do you mean by that, sir?"

"In the past few days, I have carefully searched about Li Xiao's deeds three years ago, and only now have I discovered that this Li Xiao is really a man descended from heaven!"

"In his hands, there are a large number of magical treasures and technologies that have never appeared in the world."

As he said that, Xu Zian frowned, and said with a serious face: "I have never seen such an astonishingly talented person in this world."

"In ancient times, there was Shennong who tasted all kinds of herbs and developed the way of medicine to the extreme; there was also Lu Ban, a skilled craftsman, no one can surpass other craftsmen."

"But these people all have a common feature, that is, they are only good at one field."

"But this Li Xiao seems to be proficient in many fields at the same time, and has many pioneering achievements."

"In terms of ordnance, he created a cannon that can destroy the world. Although we haven't seen what the cannon looks like so far, its power..."

"There are also weapons. Once in the capital, he took out a few magical weapons, and one of them easily cut off the legendary Qingsteel sword."

"These swords, after verification, are not magical weapons handed down from ancient times, but made by his own people."

"This is very intriguing. According to our known knowledge, it is impossible to release several magical weapons at the same time."

"Also, he has reached new heights in brewing."

"Also, soap, and several new crops."

"These are just things he took the initiative to show the world."

"In other words, he still has more magical things hidden."